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On Wednesday (March 22) at around 2.40pm a man drove a Hyundai, number plate EK66 RWO, northbound over Westminster Bridge travelling towards the Palace of Westminster, the court heard.

DS Crossley said: "The driver mounted the pavement twice in an apparently deliberate attempt to target pedestrians before mounting the pavement for a final time and crashing the car into the east perimeter gates of the Palace of Westminster.

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Members of the public light candles during a candlelit vigil at Trafalgar Square on Thursday (March 23) (Image: Getty Images Europe)

Floral tributes lay outside the the Houses of Parliament following the attack on Westminster on Wednesday (March 22). (Image: Getty Images Europe)

"The man then left the car armed with two large knives and ran into the vehicle entrance gateway known as Carriage Gates, at the north perimeter fence of the Palace of Westminster.

"The man attacked a police officer in the grounds of the Palace of Westminster with the knives causing grave wounds and killing the officer - PC Keith Palmer.